Mop holder



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MOP HOLDER Filed July 13. 1921 E C. Abait IN VEN TOR.

W ATTORNEY5 V the average household.

Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

- UNITED stars PERCY o. ABBOTT, or RICHMOND,. VIRGINIA.

i MOP HOLDER.

Application filed July 13,

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, PERCY C. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in mop holders and has for its object to providea mop holder of a type that can be made and sold without a handle, the handle to be supplied by the purchaser. Mop holders made with a handle as an integral part thereof are not suitable for shipment by parcel post because of the expense involved in preparing them for shipment, due to the length of the handle. According to this invention the mop holding head is a complete unit ready for use when a handle is provided, the handle to consist preferably of a broom handle such as may be found in In view of the fact that the mop holder can be made and sold without the handle, there is a very considerable saving in the cost of manufacture as well as in the cost of shipment. Furthermore, by providing a mop holder which'is a self-contained unit it becomes a simple matter to provide a new handle in case of breakage of a handle.

The various features of novelty and invention will appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying sheet'of drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mop holder constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same in the closed position to retain the mop cloth.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the parts in released position.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the mop head to more clearly show the construction. I

In the drawings, letter (Z represents a head having outwardly flaring jaws g adapted to co-operate with a clamping bail for securing the mop as will be readily understood. That part of the bail adapted to seat in the jaw is designated by h and the sides thereof by 2'.

The jaw head is preferably. made from 1921 Serial No. 484,439.

' sheet metal and is provided wih' a socket 6 adapted to receive a tubular handle-receivingmember b, the latter to be secured therein as by rivet 7, or by spot welding. The member 6 is'provided with an annular enlargement or shoulder 0 at its end remote from the head and is preferably continued beyond said enlargement to form an abutment or for the clamping lever and to more elfectually hold the handle which is to be in serted therein.

Slidably mounted on the tubular member 5 between the enlargement c and the.

head d is a collar m provided with trunnions Z in which is mounted the lever is. Also mounted on the tubular member is a spring 7%, the collar preferably having an annular seat (notshown) within which the adjacent end of the spring is received. The other end of the spring is seated against the socket e on the head (Z. The terminal ends V of the sides 71 of the'bail are pivoted to the handle 7:: intermediate its ends as at j.

In order to secure the handle in place within the tubular member Z) a hole 0 is provided in the extension a.

The arrangement and proportions of the partsare such that the shoulder con the tubular member 6 limits the movement of the collar m whereby the spring is maintained under initial compression when the parts are in their'released positions shown in Fig 2. By swinging the clamping lever is on the trunnions Z, the part it of the clamping bail is moved away from V the head eZ, permitting a'mop orthe like to be inserted between it and said head. Thereafter when said lever 70 is swung clownwardly, the bailis forcibly drawn toward the head and will clamp a mop thereto, the spring 12 yielding to permit movement of the collar m toward the head as the operating element k is moved toward and into its locked position, where it'is retained after being released by reason of the fact that the points of attachment ofthe hooked or terminal ends of the bail move beyond a plane intersecting thehead and the trunnions Z.

The constructionas a whole is relatively inexpensive to make and assemble and with the exception of the spring and retaining bar, is made of relatively light, struck up sheet steel. I

I claim: A mop holder comprising a jaw head an a bail for cooperative clamping action there with, a tubular handle-receiving socket affixed to said head, said socket having an enlargement at its end remote from the head,

a collar slidably mounted on said socket between said head and enlargement and provided With trunnions, a forked lever pivoted on said trunnions and pivoted to the free the socket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PERCY C. ABBOTT. 

